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magnetic mic clips ? If so pretty easy on amazon...

I use mine per regulations.

Just cut off excess cable and reterminate.

Midland MXT275 in both my jeeps. (JT & JK). Both have 1/4 wave black UHF antennas. Uniden CMX760 CB in both my Jeeps with Rugged Ridge CB/AM/FM conversion kits. Both on grab handle mounts and ram mounts

On my CJ7 I screwed the metal to the roof. Did a 12x12 piece as that's what home depot had. After screwed down and hole for mount drilled I rhino lined the top. Unless you looked hard you could not see it. Sold to a buddy and he still uses it on his CJ with a GMRS antenna. I am looking to do the same on the JK top but need to find a brake to ben the ribs in a piece of metal.

Rich is who has the cards. This has been discussed in the past. You can purchase the card from the store. There is no downloads available. There are quite a few posts in the private section on linking. If your looking for in depth info I'd reach out to Rich.

I dont have pictures but there are a ton on RR. Yes radio decks are all bolted to a piece of painted plywood that uses a Steel L bracket to the seat bolts.

There is... https://forums.mygmrs.com/topic/295-repeater-linking-discussion/

Have 6 NMO mounts in my F150. Same concept. Buy a good NMO. I used seat bolt in back with bracket that hold plywood. Simple and easy.

Because no one has a linked repeater. You need a repeater to link and someone willing to link. Most owners do not want that, myself included.

N connectors are preferred. LMR400 is fine for NON Repeater use. Do not use LMR400 on a repeater. For your base at home you are fine. Get N based surge arrestors also.

Nots sure where you got $1000. Use antenna farm for $399. I have gotten mine cheaper but thru a dealer. https://www.theantennafarm.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=4267&gclid=CjwKCAiAp4KCBhB6EiwAxRxbpD9N6hFYjrQzpPDAKPpEyYfviQQYtURTo5ZMJZN_M-OekiKp3VO36xoCvx8QAvD_BwE

DB404 is a base radio antenna. Can be used in repeater or base configuration. I have one on my home base as well as 2 of the 4 repeaters I have online. Its a rock solid antenna and will suite a hobbiest for life.

Have worked in all the VA and WV counties listed. For public safety world there is a bit of PITA but most stuff is defined. Licensing is a challenge. As for talking on the radios no one has ever stopped me and said hey you can't talk. There are certain areas there are signs closer to the facilities but public safety is exempt. I have used both ham and GMRS in those areas, however not a lot around the facility to talk on.

You would need a repeater in your area. Additionally that repeater would need to be linked to the internet and the repeater owner would need to approve that "node" to be connected. While not really sure I was told someone had linked that net to Zello or something in the past. For me nets are a ham radio thing and I have no interest to link any of my repeaters to those.

channel spacing is 12.5 and looks greyed out...does it allow you to change to 25 any other way ?

So 99% of your public safety vehicles on the road use RG58 on an NMO mount Under 16' of cable I wouldn't worry about RG58 on UHF. If your running 50' then you should have concern. Being your using a mag mount it really doesn't matter. You will not notice a difference in RG58 vs LMR240 or RG8X.

Yup thanks Typing on my phone this morning. 462.675 with 141.3. My main repeater has this enabled.

Sorry but you can't expect great performance with $20 CCR's. This is a common misconception on GMRS. Antenna's are most critical than lower frequency bands. As said in other posts get a real antenna and feedline and not the Jpole and you'll notice improved coverage from the tree house. UHF is line of sight so a 4 watt UHF radio will talk fine if terrain is not an issue. I have run TLMR systems that are portable only with 4 watt UHF to a repeater site with very few issues. One agency had nothing but portables and talked 20+ miles to the repeater site. All depends on location and equipment.

Put it in scan but doubt you'll hear anything you asked above. GMRS does not have a WX channel or traffic reports. As much as i hate to say it CB is more of what you describe. While I hate it I do run both in my RV for traveling. If your looking to find out why traffic is slow or stopped that's the only place you'll find info on a radio. The use of GMRS while traveling is to talk to a vehicle in front or behind you in your travel party. Unofficial GMRS emergency channel is 463.675 but YMMV. I have never heard emergency traffic on that channel and most likely if i did no one would be monitoring it anyway !

Well first off the DMR2 is not a GMRS radio and should not be used on GMRS. Its a ham radio. Secondly how is your programming. It needs to be analog as we dont do digital on GMRS.42.x on receive and 47.x on transmit for a repeater. Get a real GMRS radio. Lastly your comment about "any action". What do you expect to get ? This is not ham radio. GMRS is not like CB either. Its a service for friends or family to utilize for internal communications for the most part.

Well for starters its a ham radio and not legal on GMRS.

All about antenna system. Spend the money on the antenna and feed line and you should have no issues.

There are hundreds of posts on this forum with pro and con on all of them. Do a search of what your looking for and you will find it.

I would lean toward the Laird antenna. Sorry I don't mean to say the jpole is junk but lets face it they are built in some guys basement with no real test gear. If you want performance you pay a little more for good stuff. Using a Jpole on a repeater isn't going to help when you said you cant talk now. By the time you buy the duplexer, and another KG1000 you may be close to the cost of the Retevis. Spend a bit more on a good antenna and some decent feedline and you should have a good setup for local area. You may even upgrade the antenna and feedline and find the current radio is fine (other than needing to be at the radio.)